Safety
Basics
Want to Stop Car Crashes? Study the Near-Misses
A pilot program in Bellevue, Wash. is using anonymized video and big data to stop crashes before they happen.
July 15, 2020
Vehicle Safety Assessments Don’t Protect Pedestrians
Federal regulators have failed to consider safety of pedestrians in their vehicle safety standards for far too long— and now the Government Accountability Office is calling them out.
April 28, 2020
San Francisco is Ordering Residents to ‘Shelter in Place’

March 16, 2020
If you need to ride transit during the pandemic, do it. If you don’t, avoid it.

March 16, 2020
How Not to Be a Garbage Person When You’re Driving

March 10, 2020
Zero Fatalities Task Force Report: Change the Way Speed Limits Are Set

February 6, 2020
Explaining Houston’s Sky-High Roadway ‘Death-Goal’
The Texas metropolis is a Vision Zero City. So why is its 2020 street fatality target HIGHER than last year's?
January 30, 2020
A Third of States Won’t Even Try To Reduce Road Deaths
Too many states don't even set a target of reducing road deaths — because the feds don't care.
January 24, 2020
DMV to Allow Testing of Driverless Light-Duty Trucks
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December 18, 2019
Federal Government Doing Nothing On AVs
Right now, Big Auto is developing technologies that will affect every single person in this country — and the federal government is sitting on its hands.
November 26, 2019